News Linux News for Jul 02, 2007:

How Microsoft Helps Open Source
(2007-07-02 00:00:28)
ZDNet: "One of the points he made was fascinating. Microsoft is helping Alfresco expand its market with SharePoint..."

Processing Mailbox Files with mailbox.py
(2007-07-02 04:00:41)
ONLamp: "Despite competition from the Web and instant messaging, email is still a primary communication medium for most Internet users, and many people have sizable archives of email messages..."

Installing Xen On An Ubuntu Feisty Fawn Server From The Ubuntu Repositories
(2007-07-02 06:00:52)
HowtoForge: "This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install Xen on an Ubuntu Feisty Fawn (Ubuntu 7.04) server system..."

The Power of Google Gears (Part 1)
(2007-07-02 07:30:28)
ONLamp: "I look at Gears a lot like Ajax, it's a small set of new functionality that takes traditional web pages and moves them one step toward having a complete desktop feel..."

Picking the Brain of a Linux Consultant
(2007-07-02 09:00:23)
Enterprise Linux Log: "...I've been exchanging emails and phone calls with Linux consultant Patrick Green, of Chicago-based Silver Strand Solutions..."

AMD 8.38.7 Display Driver
(2007-07-02 10:30:05)
Phoronix: "However, this morning the train (AMD's release schedule) has went off the tracks for the penguin riders. AMD has issued its first-ever hot-fix release for the Linux fglrx driver..."

Review: Xandros Linux 4.0 Professional
(2007-07-02 12:00:10)
Raiden's Realm: "But that's not to say that Xandros can't still be a good distribution, even if it breaks with the traditions that made Linux what it is today..."

Patch: Linux 2.6.22-rc7
(2007-07-02 12:45:24)
LWN: "It's hopefully (almost certainly) the last -rc before the final 2.6.22 release, and we should be in pretty good shape..."

Linus Torvalds: Microsoft Just Made Up The Number
(2007-07-02 13:30:48)
EFYTimes: "How concrete? Since Microsoft hasn't named them, there is no 'concrete'. For all we know, Microsoft just made up the number..."

Linspire Backs Microsoft's Open XML
(2007-07-02 14:00:24)
vnunet: "Former arch rivals Linspire and Microsoft have continued their recent rapprochement with a collaboration to improve interoperability between OpenOffice.org's Open Document Format (ODF) and Microsoft's Open XML..."

GPLv3 Submitted to Open Source Initiative for Approval
(2007-07-02 14:30:11)
Linux.com: "The submission came from Google employee Chris DiBona..."

Linus Torvalds on Core 2 Duo Errata: "Totally Insignificant"
(2007-07-02 15:00:50)
Daily Tech: "Developers told not to panic over new Intel Core 2 Duo steppings..."

Schwartz Mum on GPLv3, Reveals Licensing Fantasy
(2007-07-02 15:45:25)
NetworkWorld: "...Schwartz... declared he would not answer questions about the GNU general public license version 3, but he did disclose his lifelong fantasy concerning open source licensing..."

Ex-HPer Says HP, IBM, Others Susceptible To Open Source
(2007-07-02 16:30:14)
CNN/Money: "Nora Denzel says open-source software is changing the landscape of an industry led by Hewlett-Packard and IBM..."

Nouveau: Where It Stands Today
(2007-07-02 17:15:38)
Phoronix: "The last time we had written an article on Nouveau, the community project working on developing an open-source 3D display driver for NVIDIA hardware, was this past January..."

Linux Gains Windows Muscle
(2007-07-02 18:00:59)
RedmondMag: "Of all the accusations Microsoft has levelled over the years against open source, perhaps the least contentious is that it lacks the tight integration offered by Microsoft's own products..."

Zend Framework 1.0 Ready To Compete
(2007-07-02 18:45:29)
internetnews.com: "Now with the release of the Zend Framework 1.0 today, PHP becomes a language for Web applications and Web services enterprise applications..."

Top Five Open Source Business Models You Never Heard Of
(2007-07-02 19:30:31)
Datamation: "The art of 'selling' or generating revenue from open source is a topic of growing importance as open source takes a larger piece of the software business..."

Microsoft's Linux Deals: Tempest in a Teapot for Developers
(2007-07-02 20:15:24)
Redmond Developer: "Microsoft's relationship with the open source development community continued to evolve last month, with the company adding three suppliers of the Linux operating system to cross-licensing agreements..."

In Praise of the GPLv3
(2007-07-02 21:00:54)
iTWire: "These days, Richard Matthew Stallman, the enigmatic founder of the Free Software Foundation, isn't exactly flavour of the month..."

More on PDF vs. Microsoft's "XML Paper Specification"
(2007-07-02 21:45:34)
ConsortiumInfo: "'If OOXML (Office Open XML), and now Microsoft XML Paper Specification, each sail through Ecma and are then adopted by ISO/IEC JTC1, then I think that we might as well declare 'game over' for open standards...'"

Ubuntu is Not Linux. Linux is Not Windows. Then, Ubuntu Is...
(2007-07-02 22:30:28)
Spacezone: "Ubuntu is all about fixing bug #1 and I feel it's incredibly successful in that game..."

Microsoft Doesn't Care About Destroying Linux
(2007-07-02 23:15:55)
Mad Penguin: "Everywhere I turn these days, I continue to hear how 'Novell' sold Linux users down the river. And while I partially agree with this perspective, I do differ with those who say Xandros did the same thing..."

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